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Iraqis volunteer to fight off ISIS

Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, who have taken over Mosul and other Northern provinces, travel in an army truck, June 12, 2014.

ISIL fighters have seized Iraq's second biggest city Mosul and Tikrit, home town of former dictator Saddam Hussein, as well as other towns and cities north of Baghdad. They continued their lightning advance, moving into towns just an hour's drive from the capital.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Members of the Iraqi security forces pose as they guard volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army, June 12, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers wait for registration in Basra, June 12, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

A member of Iraqi security forces searches volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers waiting to join the Iraqi Army, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army board an army truck, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Members of Iraqi security forces pose as they guard volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army, June 13, 2014.

Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants, June 13, 2014.

Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army raise their hands on an Army truck, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers who have joined the Iraqi Army chant slogans, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers prepare to board a bus, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers react to the camera as they travel in a bus in Najaf, June 13, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers carry weapons during a parade in the streets, June 14, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers carry weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district., June 15, 2014.

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Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers gather with their weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, June 15, 2014.

Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers carry their weapons and wave the Iraqi flags during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, June 15, 2014.

Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq

Volunteers carry weapons during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, June 15, 2014.

Credit: Ahmed Saad/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq

A volunteer holds a weapon during a parade in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, June 15, 2014.